Palestinian informers given draconian sentences

A 22-year-old Palestinian woman, who said she became an informer for Israel to earn money that would get her out of prostitution, is going to prison for life. Others convicted of collaboration with Israel by

West Bank courts sit on death row.

Such draconian sentences reflect the loathing Palestinian society has for collaborators, even small-time informants or those blackmailed by Israeli intelligence agents into cooperating. (AP)